'Flounce' definitions:
Definition of 'flounce'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Flounce'
From: GCIDE
- Flounce \Flounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flounced (flounst); p. pr. & vb. n. Flouncing.] [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge.] To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. [1913 Webster]
- To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flounce'
From: GCIDE
- Flounce \Flounce\, n. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flounce'
From: GCIDE
- Flounce \Flounce\, n. [Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce.] An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flounce'
From: GCIDE
- Flounce \Flounce\, v. t. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flounce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- antic,
- barge,
- bead,
- beading,
- bejewel,
- beribbon,
- bespangle,
- binding,
- blunder,
- bob,
- bordering,
- bordure,
- bounce,
- bowl along,
- bundle,
- caper,
- capriole,
- caracole,
- careen,
- career,
- carry on,
- cavort,
- clump,
- crease,
- creasing,
- crimp,
- crisp,
- curvet,
- cut a dido,
- cut capers,
- cut up,
- dance,
- diamond,
- disport,
- dog-ear,
- double,
- double over,
- doubling,
- drag,
- droop,
- duplicature,
- edging,
- enfold,
- engrave,
- falter,
- feather,
- figure,
- filigree,
- fimbria,
- fimbriation,
- flag,
- flection,
- flexure,
- flick,
- fling,
- fling off,
- fling out,
- flip,
- flirt,
- flounce out,
- flounder,
- flower,
- flute,
- fold,
- fold over,
- fool around,
- foot,
- footslog,
- frill,
- frilling,
- fringe,
- frisk,
- frolic,
- furbelow,
- gait,
- galloon,
- gallop,
- gambado,
- gambol,
- garland,
- gather,
- gem,
- halt,
- hem,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hop,
- horse around,
- illuminate,
- infold,
- interfold,
- jerk,
- jewel,
- jig,
- jigger,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jump,
- jump about,
- labor,
- lap over,
- lapel,
- lappet,
- limp,
- list,
- lock step,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- march,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- motif,
- ornament,
- pace,
- paddle,
- paint,
- parade,
- peg,
- peplum,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- plait,
- plat,
- play,
- pleat,
- plica,
- plicate,
- plication,
- plicature,
- plod,
- pluck,
- plume,
- plunge,
- ply,
- prance,
- prink,
- quill,
- rack,
- ramp,
- reel,
- ribbon,
- rock,
- roll,
- rollick,
- romp,
- ruche,
- ruching,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- seethe,
- selvage,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- skirting,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- snake,
- snatch,
- spangle,
- sport,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- start,
- step,
- stomp,
- storm,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- struggle,
- strut,
- stumble,
- stump,
- sudden pull,
- swagger,
- sway,
- swing,
- thrash about,
- tinsel,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- traipse,
- tread,
- trimming,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- tuck,
- tumble,
- turn over,
- tweak,
- twill,
- twist,
- twitch,
- valance,
- velocity,
- volutation,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- wamble,
- welt,
- welter,
- wiggle,
- wobble,
- wreathe,
- wrench,
- yank,
- yerk